Erika grew up in Sacramento, Calif., and Avondale, Pa.  She attended the University of Delaware for her undergraduate education, concentrating in Natural Resource Management, Wildlife Conservation, and Resource Economics.   As an undergraduate, Erika studied abroad in Paris, France, and Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands.   She interned as an entomology lab assistant focusing on watershed quality with the Stroud Water Research Center in Avondale, Pa., and also worked as a research assistant for her advisor in the Department of Food and Resource Economics.

After graduating in 2006, Erika obtained an internship with a nonprofit environmental education center in the Hudson Valley in New York.  She taught environmental science and adventure-based programs to New York City public school children ranging from 3rd through 12th grades. 

Erika returned to the University of Delaware to pursue an MA in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, concentrating in Water Resources Management and Policy.  She currently works for the Water Resources Agency within the Institute for Public Administration.

BS, University of Delaware, 2006, Natural Resource Management, Wildlife Conservation, Resource Economics

June 2008 – August 2008
NNEMS Fellow, EPA, Office of States and Watersheds Partnerships, EPA Region 3, Philadelphia, Pa.

September 2007 – present
Graduate Research Assistant, Water Resources Agency, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

February – June 2007
Intern, Clearpool Education Center, Carmel, N.Y.

June – December 2006
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

May – December 2005
Entomology Lab Assistant, Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pa.

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher; ArcGIS

Member, Delaware Section of American Water Resources Association, 2007 – present.

White Clay Creek State of the Watershed Report: “A Report Card on the Health of the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Watershed in Delaware and Pennsylvania,” 2008.

Our Urban Forest Report for the New Castle County Metro Corridor and Wilmington, Del. (in conjunction with the Delaware Center for Horticulture), 2008.
 

Attendee, National American Water Resources Association Conference, Albuquerque, N. Mex., 2007.

Attendee, Pennsylvania Stormwater Symposium, Villanova University, Pa., 2007.

Attendee, Mid-Atlantic American Water Resources Association Conference: Green Opportunities for a Blue Resource: An Economic Perspective, Newark, Del., 2007.

Attendee, Connecticut Outdoor and Environmental Education Association “Achieving Diversity in Environmental Education” Conference, Hamden, Conn., 2007.

Stroud Water Research Center Schuylkill Water Quality Presentation, “The Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy,” Central Perkiomen Park Millhouse, Schwenksville, Pa., 2005.

White Clay Creek State of the Watershed Report: “A Report Card on the Health of the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Watershed in Delaware and Pennsylvania” (5.5MB - PDF)